The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

R. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS a lowed them to plunge, it must seem outrageous EVERYEVENING ,at Eight.—ROYAL ITAL [AN to all thinking minds to know that, so far from °, ft '1 COVENT-GARDEN. T l he e fo ' llowinz distinguished Artistes will appear This E yen- being ashamed of such extravagant and extreme ing :—Mdlle. Carlotta, Patti, Mdlle. Marie I.rebs; Mr. fir. Patey, M. Niedzielski (the young Polish lito i Le t:„ a v id measures, there is rejoicing made, and boastings An Ben Sou-alle. heard of doings that bear no light of day upon BAND OF ONE HUNDRED PERFOR MERS. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. them. One would think that even Prussian as. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One surance might forbear this last insult to the com 51Olena. On Thursday next, Aug. IS, a Mendelssohn Night. l•mon sense, this outrage on the good taste, and this violation of the right feelings of the other great Powers of Europe. When we hear of trophies of such a war, of monuments to be erected in honour of such a dishonourable affair, we may well under stand how the mighty are fallen, and how much ut ilit ar i an influences have prevailed, to the extinc tion of better feelings and good faith. The present King of PRUSSIA has made nothing but blunders since he first cime to the throne. Ho has disap pointed the expectations of all who had prophecied that he would do better things than his predeces sors. The self-seffiedency which prompted him to take the crown from the altar and place it upon his head with his own hands was symbolical of the proud perversity and arrogant assumption with which he intended to rule, or rather to mis-rule, the people whom Providence had committed to his care. Since that memorable day how dark has been his doings. He has coma promised the liberties of the country at home, and for ever tarnished its honour abroad. He has been in league with the great enemy of European liber ties to put down freedom at any cost, and done all directly and indirectly to crush out the smouldering fire of liberty in unhappy Poland. He has listened to the counsels, and kept as a constant adviser a statesman whose policy has called forth the indig nation of all Europe. His course in respect to Den mule has signally disgraced him as a King, and been unworthy of his position in every respect ; in short, no Monarch of conscientious principles, and no ruler inspired with a spirit of magnanimity, would think of allowing such a war to be made. Still more would he have disdained the mode of its procedure, and have refused to listen to the terms of the propositions for peace. What can be said in defence of a ruler who makes an attempt to cele brate the course of this war by the erection of monuments it is difficult to imagine. Doubtless some apologists may be found, but never will their arguments prevail in communities that share the honest conviction, and are actuated by the honour able feelings, of freemen. What is there to be proud of in the affair P It is a disgrace to the army of Prussia to imagine that there was any difficulty to advance in their engagements with the Danes. For Denmark to be proud of her troops is another affair altogether. Well might that gallant and little nation have honoured their soldier sons who so nobly exposed themselves to fearful odds, and that without hope of success to crown their efforts, and reward their endeavours, Of them it may truly be said in the poet's glowing words— They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. The column about to be erected at the Hotel des Invalides at Berlin in memory of the late war, will be the monument of a lasting disgrace to that city. Those who set it up little know the harm that they are doing, nor the reproach that will be visited on their work. The more considerate among themselves blush to hear of such a purpose, and bitterly regret the nation that suggested its erection. Rightly considered, it is one of the most barefaced attempts to ignore the criticism lavishly heaped upon, the unfair contest that has ever been witnessed. If King Wenniam's latest order be attended to, he will have ample cause to regret its fulfilment. It he is spared long enough to outlive the temporary clamour of all this make-believe glory he will hear plenty of reactionary statements. War nannot last for ever, and when the people of Prussia find that i j they have been hoodwinked into giving up their civil rights for a war that has brought them no honour, they may one day point with bitter scorn to a trophy that celebrates the triumph of Might against Right. It is a bitter thought for English. men to dwell upon that this monument is to dis figure a capital where the eldest daughter of England is one day expected to reign as a Queen. It is quite inconsistent with the views and senti ments of this nation that the success of the strong over the weak in a cruel war waged from no ex cusable motive should be thus signalised and set forth in triumph. No real honour rests with the affair, and when in the coarse of time the more fla grant instances of Prussian exaction shall have almost faded out of recollection, a glance at this miserable memento will serve to bring back the past in all its horrors to the memory. It will be a landmark of tyranny and oppression, and a trophy of the triumph of wrong. If such are to be set up in the high places of a city, it is pretty evident that the national spirit is not alive to the tree instincts of honour, and the popular recognition of greatness is indeed obscured, if not altogether lost. 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Double.. 20s. per ton. I Top 225. „ Deep .2l s• Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole ' ;•ent. TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPOIL TLNG INTELLICTEZiCE, zau be had Every Evening of G. F. GLINIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, lewspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti tree, W. ±-11Cizi WATEE. AT LONDON BRIDUE. Tnn , DA:4.—Mornizg, 12h. 30m.—Afterneon, 12h. 58m. lh. 27na.—Aftcruoon, lh. 50m. The arrival of the Calcutta mail fails to bring us any striking intelligence, and we may congratulate ourselves that such is the case. The wayfarer who journeys along the broad and beaten highway has little to tell when he gets to his journey's end ; it is the traveller through rough and dangerous wilds who has to encounter risks, dangers, and discern. forts, who can give us an animated and exciting narrative. In like manner the country which is on the high road of peace and prosperity, cannot hope to compete in interesting intelligence with lands that are desolated by a foreign invader or agitated by internecine atzife. Of the Bhootan affair we hear very little. The Viceroy ie, it is said, opposed to war if it can possibly be avoided; and again, it is stated in other quarters that he will not suffer the maltreatment of a British Envoy to pass un punished. The Bhooteas, it is said, did not extort the renunciation of the whole of Assam in the unlucky treaty, bat only of such parts as they wanted. At all events the Government is silent, and the authorities endeavour, as far as possible, to check discussion on the matter, thinking, perhaps, that it is better the Bhooteas should not sup pose we attach much importance to a tams section which, whatever its results, at present savours of the ridiculous. Preparations are being made in the arsenal, however, and a re connoitring officer has been sent to the north-east frontier to collect information, with a view to the posaibility of the jest becoming earnest. Forewarned is forearmed, and whatever line of conduct the Bhooteas may determine upon following, it is scarcely likely that our authorities will be unpre pared to deal with them. The Mussulmans are still restless and mischief making. The headquar- Ars of their disaffection are at present at Petrie, where their proceedings are cl ose l y watched. While the Government is on its guard there is not much fear that the grand Mussulman's prophecy of over• throwing the British rule this year will advance very far towards its fulfilment. The religious fanaticism of India had just received its most con. spienons illustration when the mail left. The great Juggernaut saturnalia, which combines the two great Lams of Hindoo worship, had come off with uc wonted eclat, three vol un t ary v i ctims b e i ng crus h e d to death beneath the wheels of the triumphant car. From the description of the throngs which pressed around this dismal chariot, it is not difficult to imagine that accidtnia wire likely to 'occur, wnd the , t . ;01; 11g , • A'cr7,-0 r _ Vie 4 4443, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1864. It has long been decided that the age of chivalry is past, and surely if any confirmation were wanting to the fact the Dano-German war has furnished proof positive to that effect. From the commence ment to the close of this unequal struggle we have witnessed nothing but extravagant extortion and cruel aggression on the part of the German Powers. Their course has been unparalleled in the annals of modern times for rapacity and revenge, and this, too, on a harmless people who had done them no injury. Whatever there has been to denounce cn the part of the Russians in their conduct towards Poland, and to deplore in the sufferings of that wretched land, it is certain that where once des perate natures have held sway they era not likely to lose their hold without making a most desperate resistance. The prey once grasped is still han- kered after, and it is no easy matter to make the spoiler yield his prize, however unlawful might have been the means that once put it into his pos session. This reason, for it cannot be called an excuse, does not in any way hold good in respect to the attitude assumed by the Germans in regard to Denmark and the Danes. They never held dominion over the place they now so ruthlessly attack, nor ruled over the people they relentlessly persecute. Their vehement course, their violent demeanour, and their fierce fighting for territory show the bent of their grasping minds and the want of consideration that actuates their course. If any thing could have aroused the inaction which un. fortunately seized upon Europe at the time when the united armies proceeded on their cruel expedid tion, surely it mast have been the manner in which the theories were put into practice, and the designs executed by the aggressors. It was bad enough to go to war at all, but to carry on the contest in such a style us has been chronicled was outrageous in the extreme. In times when honour was more thought of an universal outcry from all the nations of Christendom would have been raised against the deprecators, who in plenitude of power and pride of possession marched on to carry desolation into smiling provinces, and make the homesteads of happy peasants the scene of slaughter. It would appear from the testimony of all witnesses and the general aspect of affairs, as if the desire of the Garman Powers had been to erase Denmark altogether from the map of Europe, and so incorporate her ravished territories with those of her enemies, that the next generation would have had nothing of a tangible nature to remind them of the existence of that gallant little kingdom which Seat forth such brave armies to meet the advances of a Powerful and pitil ess fee. Doubtless the gocerai expression of public opinion in England, and tLe strong language employ e d i n t h e great aLbat© on for:10 affairs towards the close of the session, in some Meas ure contribut e d t o s t ay the c sacrifico and modify the c atastrophe. In F rance , also, although for political reasons nothing was done of a meterial nature to a ff ord assistance, the sympathy o f the press and people Were warmly ex pressed on behalf of the assailed State ; and all these secondary interpositions combined to elle. viete the horrors of the final scene. Yet, when ee e reflect upon the tidings that reached us of the m o d e is which the warfare was carried on, the unneces. sary violence added to the inseparable horrors of war, the brutality in which the Prussian troops in dalsed, ai,d the tUofilles into which thole officerd poiice version of the matter upholds this theory. But it appears from the testimony of European eye-witnesses, that the unfortunate wretches flung themselves under the wheels, and the shouting crowds around them testified to the same effect. The chief part of the festival is the progress of the immense cars, of which most persons in this country have seen some kind of representation. They are about 60 feet high, built in four storeys, and are moved on six wheels. They are drawn by means of ropes which the fanatics eagerly dispute the honour of dragging, and being crowded with the Brahmins of various degrees who escort the idols are of no light weight. It certainly would not seem to a European to be a very attrac- tive mode of committing suicide, to be cru3hed beneath the wheels of this slowly advancing mon ster. There have been not a few distraught mortals among ourselves who have flung away life and care before an express train, but the swiftness and cers tainty of the death might not be without its fasol nation. The suicide remains to be found who would prostrate himself before an omnibus. The worst part of the affair is, that it affords us another proof of how strong a hold the fanaticism of their creed still has over the Hindoo mind, and it shows us how much yet remains to be done of our most important task, It is well to introduce English capital and enterprise, to encourage commerce and stimulate the dormant energies of the people by opening fresh channels for industry and developing the resources of the country, but England's work in India remains incomplete while such spectacles are possible. Our public works, when fully carried out, are likely to prove substantial blessings to many an Indian generation. The parched and famine-stricken lands will gather fresh verdure and fertility from the waterworks projected by English science; the trader and agriculturist will send his goods down the canal on the highway which Eng lish enterprise has opened to him ; while the marvels of steam and electricity will bring their blessings to the people ; but so long as suttee, in fanticide, and human sacrifices form part of the Hindoo code, our task will not be done. There is nothing more difficult than to uproot an ancient faith, and to substitute a new one in its place ; but, as the old Latin adage tells us, " truth is great and must prevail." It is the ignorance of the Hindoos that is the stronghold of their superstition, and as the advancing tide of civilisation removes the bul wark, the fanaticism itself must surely give way. Our duty as a Government is, undoubtedly, to leave the work to time and tolerance, not to interfere harshly or violently with native prejudice. But we have manifestly a right, in the maintenance of public order, to repress with the strong hand of the law such atrocities as those of the Juggernaut pro cession, the suttee, and others which offend our national code of Christian morality. It is to be hoped that :or the future the authorities will watch the proceedings of Juggernaut and his votaries a i little more closely, and make some person, or per ions, responsible for the proper and orderly conduct of the great procession of the cars. The Last Year of the Old Fire Insurance Duty, As the year 1863 was the last in which the uni form duty of 3s per cent. was levied for the whole period, the Parliamentary return on this subject, just issued, has a special interest. From it we find that the Sun is the largest insurance company hav ing its principal office in London, and the Royal is the largest whose chief establishment is in the pro vinces. The next companies is order of magnitude to the Sun and the Royal are the Pl:ccaix and the London and Liverpool. The amount paid by all the London companies was £999,971, and by all the country ones £715,152 ; the total being £55,207 in excess of the previous year. This inerecee is, how ever, very unequally distribated among the different offices, some having contributed a material advance of business, and others showing a decrease. The largest increase is again exhibited, as in several previous years, by the Royal Insurance Company, which, indeed, figures for nearly one-fourth of the whole. Of course, the year 1861 will show a great diminution in the duty collected by all the insurance companies, as the reduced rate on stock commenced in April of this year. Annexed is a table of the respective increases and decreases in the duty payments of all the offices for 1863 as compared with 1862: INCREASES. Royal £12,934 8 10 L'pool London.lo,7lo 5 2 North British and Mercantile .... 7,981 1 5 London Lancas 6,01) 17 7 Queen 4.897 1 4 Commercial Union 4.363 15 5 Northern Imp rial Alliance 2,505 11 5 County Phcenix.. Law ... 1,71512 8 Scottish Union London General 1,020 11 8 Provincial Law Union 9lO 10 9 Royal Exchange 702 1 0 Hand in Hand Caledonian ....• 663 16 7 Scottish Provincial 550 15 g Yorkshire 605 16 7 B.rmingham .... 320 2 4 Lancashire Leeds & Yorksh re 315 2 8 Midland Counties 140 18 9 Globe Kent District Royal Farmers Church of En;land £177 11 5 Guardian Scottish National l5O 11 3 Sheffield Essex and Suffolk 12) 2 8 Norwich Union Manchester 1.,9 16 2 Tcwn and County (Dundee) Shropshire and North Wilts 98 13 R Volunteer Service 88 7 7 Notts d Derby,. 79 1 t 5 z.alop Emperor West of England 36 511 NorwiehEquitable 14 2 2 DECREASES. StewartonJiunlop, — &c. Netherlands Equitable Hants, Su,sex, & Dorset Preserver Ultrajectum 27 19 1 National of Ireland 125 11 8 Union ..... .. Atlas 3OO 13 7 Pa riotic Westminster Sun 4,410 13 co The New Bower Operetta House. This little theatre, which had become notoriously one o f the most objectionable places of amusement in London, has been recently taken by Mr Walter Kimber, with the view not only to "revive its fortunes," but at the same time to introduce a higher class of more pleasing entertainments for the play-going public "down about this 'ere quarter.' The spirited manager commenced by thoroughly sweeping out the old Augean stable, which is now transformed into a neat, comfortable, and pleasing little operetta house. Mr Kimber merits every success for his bold effort to raise the fortunes of a truly fallen house. The company which has been got together, as a whole, is a fair and passable one. Four pieces were put on the stage last evening, and on the whole creditably performed, viz., 4. The Kiss and the Rose," by Howard Payne, and 66 Her only Paling," a new and original comedietta by Smyth Lee, Esq. In this piece Miss Emma Mansell manifested her talents as an actress, and her very beautiful song, "The pleading of the heart," was loudly and deservedly encored. The new burlesque of " Cymon and Iphigenia " is smartly written, and seemed well adapted to the place and the audience, and was carried out with great spirit on the part of all the actors. " Iced Champagne" closed the evening's programme. There is just one word in passing that we would whisper into the ear of the manager, and that is, to avoid injudici ously using too large capital letters in announcing his "swans," for somehow if the public are disappointed when the bird has been seen and heard, they are very likely to say, "well, it is but a ' goose' after all." STRUGGLE ON THE PARAPET OF LONDON BRIDGE.—Last evening Mr. Payne, the city coroner, held an inquest at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Southwark, respecting tho death by suicide of Mary Ann Mann, aged 43. John Nare, No. 3, Blue Anchor-road, Bemondsey, said that lost Sunday morning, about 8 o'clock, ho was crossing London-bridge, A boy called out to him — "Master, there is a woman going to drown herself I" He they saw the deceased with one leg over the parapet of the bridge, She was standing in the middle recess of the centre arch. He rushed forward and caught hold of her by the arm. She struggled fearfully. Ho tried to pull her back, but could not do so. He then let her go, and she fell into the water. Her head was first dashed against the stone work of the bridge. The witness just saved his own life. Geo. Mann, No. 10, Great Arthur-street, St. Luke's, a cigar-maker, said that the deceased was his wife. For the last eight weeks she had been very ill. She frequently said she would go and drown herself, because she had dreadful pains in her back. Mrs E. Speller said that the deceased had fallen downstairs last Thursday. After that she said to witness "I feel so low-spirited that I shall go and kill myself." The coroner having summed up the jury re turned a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind." THE ALABAMA. AND SUMTER.—Already Captain Semmes' narrative of his cruises on board the Alabama and Sumter has reached a second edition, and Messrs Saunders, Otley, and Co., announce that the work has been carefully revised, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Webster's Triplet is, in a single word, a masterpiece. Throughout his impersonation of Triplet, whenever he is before the footlights in ' Masks and Faces," he does whatever he lists with us as part of his audience —he is absolute master of our tears and of our laughter, Often and often, during the two acts, he is master of them (of our tears and of our laughter) together—simultaneously / So wonder. fully, indeed, are the pathetic and the ludicrous mingled together in his performance of Triplet—in the every tone of his voice, in the every glance of his eye, in all the quivering nerves of his mobile counte nance—that, again and again, we are gazing at hitu— witheyes—through our tears. hatever we might laughing vvri W write thus of Mr. Webster's Triplet could not by any possibility be couched in words of extravagance or exaggeration. And this, for the simple reason, that the character of Triplet as repre-) sented by Benjamin Webster could not, to our mind by any possibility be portrayed by anyone with a nearer approach to perfection—with an art so ex. quisitely finished of its kind as to bear all the semblance of the absolute artlessness of Nature. In which of the principal scenes or situations of the drama, the genius of the Actor appears the most conspicuously, we should fiad it difficult indeed in any way to decide. Whether in the opening scene of the First Act, where Triplet, with his three tragedies just returned upon his hands from Mr. Rich, the manager, renews his forgotten acquaint ance with Peg Woffington —or in the banquet ting room at Mr. Vane's, where Mabel Vane touches the poor starving Poet's very heart with her kindness, plying him the while with wine and biscuits—or (" last scene of all" in this same "strange eventful" comedy of "Masks and Faces"), in the wretched garret where James Triplet, Poet, Playwright, Painter, Musi cian, Man of Arts, and Man of Letters, toils and starves with his poor invalid wife and his hungry little children ! Artistically viewed, perhaps the scene of scenes in the whole drama, is one last mentioned. Though the others, the preceding scenes, are not one jot less admirably, are not one jot less inimitably touched into reality by the genius of the actor. Hogarth's immortal picture of " The Poet's Cialrdt" is therein— particularly in the opening part of the last wonderful scene in "Masks and Faces"—Hogarth's picture, is, as it were, now being nightly realized upon the stage of the Adelphi ! And is being realized,!oo, as (by the necessity of his dumb art) the powers of the grtat national painter's hand perforce failed to realise it I ft is now virtually being realized, in other words, night after night, at the Adelphi Theatre—it is being realized there audibly as well as visibly— thanks to the marvellous capabilities for realization appertaining, among all the arts, alone to the his- trionic art, as defined by Thomas Campbell, where the Poet of Hope sings : "Till by the mighty Actor wrought, Illusions perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture--" (he might also, as in this instance, have said painting) --" to ba dumb." Here, in this last act of" Masks and Faces," now, for at least every evening during this present week, it is as if in Hogarth's "Poet's Garret," the affecting drama of a real human life was being played out nightly by a Poor Poet. Not (like Hogarth'o a mere painted semblance of a Poet—but one living, moving, breathing, toiling, weeping, laughing in our presence -- mastering all our tenderest emotions in turn while we watch him—surrounded, now by his patien Wife and prattling childr en , now b y rad i ant, ki n dly Peg Woffington and her ent ourage o f w i c k e d beaux and cynical critics, Mr S nar l an d C o ll ey Cibb er , Ernest V ane , an d Si r Ch ar l ea Pomander ! To see f or the first ti m e Webste r ' s T r i p l et, i n "M asks an d Faces," is—we would here quite confidently assert it —nothing less than an event in the life of the most fastidious of playgoers—.a n d an event, too, that that most fastidious of playgoers must ever after wards bear with delight among the very choicest of his recollections. /MOO Death of Alexander Bogie, Esq. t will be t o man y a source of deep reg ret to learn hat Glasgo w h as l os t anot h er of her pu blic men in ,he de a th of Mr. A. Hastie, who for ten years repre sentedevent took pl ace on t h e morn i ng o f Saturday l as t, the city in Parli amen t. The melancholy at 3.30 at Luskar House, near Dunfermline. Mr Hastie had an attack of cerebral paralysis about six months ago, from the effects of which he suf fered for some time, but he had so far recovered as to be able partially to resume some of those duties to w hi ch he has more or less d evoted him self durin g Glasgow. L ast week he took his p l ace as pres i dent a pretty l eng thened connection with of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, and appeared t o b e a good deal recovere d , a l though still feeble-l oo ki ng. Shortly b e f ore h e h a d this attack of par a l ys i s, he purchased the estate of Lus kar, near D amt e rmline, for we un d ers t an d t h e sum of £70,000 or £ 75,000. Some t i me was necessary to prepare it for the residence of himself and family, and last Thursday he left Glasgow, where, we believe, he had been residing for the last few months, to enter upon the possession of it. On that occasion his health appeared to be considerably bet ter, and the announcement of his death only two days afterwards came upon a few of his friends in Glasgow somewhat suddenly. Mr Hastie has left a widow (the daughter of Mr Napier of Shandon) and twe daughters, girls of 812 E and nine years of age, to mourn his lose, all of whom had the melan choly satisfaction of being with him in his dying moments, having accompanied him from Glasgow on Thursday. Mr Hastie was, we believe, in the 59th or 60th year of his age.—Mail. -- TUE CONFEDERATE CRUISER FLORIDA.--Yester day a telegraphic message was received at Lloyd's, dated Lisbon, Aug. 15, announcing that intelligence had been received at that port, dated Bahia, July 23, that the Confederate war steamer Florida, in company with the steam cruiser El ec t r i c Spark, had just captured the Federal merchant ship I re fi can, Captain Delills, b oun d from Call fermis to New Y or k , having 70,000 dole in specie on board, and an extrem e l y valuable cargo. The Florida took out the treasure and p ert i ons of her cargo and her crew. The vessel and her cargo, valued at £20,000, were then set fire to and destroyed. Admiral the Hon. Edward and Mr. Howard have left Thom4B's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Woolbeding, S aka, Webster, as Triplet, in "Masks and Faces," All theatre-going Londoners, who may happen to be still detained in town, are, at any rate in one respect, in luck's way, for that precise reason— because they yet happen to be Londoners ! If they have but the smallest capacity for appreciating what it is that constitutes the true genius of acting, they may find, any evening this week, upon the stage of the Adelphi Theatre, far more than merely compensation for the delay of their holidays, whether at the seaside or upon the continent. In saying this we speak strictly within the mark, feelingly, and from our own expe. Hence. Announced for six representations (that is, for the whole of this present week, beginning with last evening), "Masks and Faces"—the celebrated e4medy written conjointly, after the Beaumont and Fletcher fashion, by Tom Taylor, Playwright, and Charles Beide, Novelist—is now being nightly enacted by the Adelphi Company I With Mrs. Stirling—sparkling, perennial, sterling Mrs. Stir ling—as the Peg Woffington I With, alto gether, one of the very best casts, there has ever yet been upon any boards, of this exquisite Hale two-act drama I Above all, with Mr. Benjamin Webster as Triplet—that true Artist's Original Character ! Mr. Webster's Triplet —we do not hesitate to pronounce (and this without one single excepf.ion) the very finest piece of acting that can any where now-a■ days Le witnessed. It is a truly noble and effecting impersonation. For ourselves, we could witness it any number of times, night after night, and with increasing satisfaction. It is more than simply a creation of consummate art. It has—besides —thatone ineffable touch perfecting every truly great work of art, that " one touch of nature," that not only (as the greatest of poets says) "makes the whole world kin," but that stamps the true metal of the artist with the royal " hall mark" of Genius. Mr. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Europa.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 2. The news from the Army of the Potomac is of an important character. Another attack upon the de fences of Petersburg has resulted in disaster to the Federal arms. Oa the 28th June, under the super intendence of Col. Pleasant, an experienced Penn sylvania mining engineer, the Federals commenced to undermine a fort mounting six guns, considered the key to the first line of the Confederate works, By the 28th July the work was successfully accom plished. The tunnel leading to the mine was 800 feet in length, four feet wide at the bottom, and two feet at top, its height being five and a half feet. Six tons of powder were deposited in the mine : co-operate arrangements being effected, early on the morning of the 30th of July the mine was ex• ploded with tremendous effect ; an immense column of dirt, timber, and other debris was thrown to a height of 300 feet; the fort was utterly demolished, and the garrison, composed of South Carolina troops, all either killed or wounded. Immediately after the explosion the Federal artillery opened a furious fire, under cover of which the Federals charged and captured nearly the entire first line of the Confederate entrenchments. The coloured troops of Burnside's corps were then advanced in two columns to sustain tha assaulting force and carry the minor works. The negroes at first ad vanced in good order, but, being furiously charged upon by the Confederates, they finally gave way and fled in confusion to the rear. The Confederates now bore down upon the white troops, forcing them beck, and inflicting upon them severe loss. General Bartlett and staff, and twelve or fourteen hundred Federals were made prisoners. The officers of the coloured troops suf fered severely while endeavouring to ral'y their men. The slaughter of the negroes is said to have been fearful. The entire Federal force finally re treated, under a severe fire of grape and canister, back to their own lines. The total Federal losses are estimated at from four to five thousand. Dur ing the charge immediately following the explosion of the mine the Federals are reported to have cap tured four hundred prisoners. The Confederate troops engaged were mostly South Carolinians, under the immediate command of Beauregard. It is reported that on the day following the battle General Grant went to Fortress Monroe, and had a protracted consultation with President Lincoln. Latest advices, which are up to nine p,m on the 31st, state that hostilities had not been renewed. Grant had asked a truce to bury the dead. This the Con federates refused, but a truce was finally agreed upon, and the dead were being buried, and the wounded lying between the two lines cared for. The Confederates refused to exchange newspapers, and had suspended all communication between the pickets. This was thought to indicate that Lee was executing some important movement, and was guarding against the possibility of its detection. Cars were heard running all night on the 30th, and it was rumoured that Lee was throwing forward heavy reinforcements either to Early or Hood. Prisoners report that Lee has for some time past been undermining the Federal works. No Con. federate accounts of the battle on the 30th have been received. The new Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania and Maryland seems to be enveloped in mystery. It is not known definitely to the public where or in what force the invaders are. A Harrisburg de. spatch reports them moving to Bedford County; another despatch represents them to be marching against Hancock, whi!e another report is that they have entirely evacuated Pennsylvania, and are only in small force in Maryland. Nothing positive is known, but the general belief is that the main body of the Confederates is still between Winches ter and Martinsburg in the Shenandoah Valley, and that small bodies of cavalry are still operating in Pennsylvania. The report of the destruction of a portion of Chambersburg by the raiders is con firmed. It is stated that a force of about 250 under M'Causland entered the town on the afternoon of the 30th ult., and after an unsuccessful attempt to levy a contribution on the inhabitants of 500,000 dole., fired the town in several places, after inform ing the people that the town would be destroyed in retaliation for outrages perpetrated in the Shen andoah Valley by the forces under Hunter. The Federal forces under General Averil came up during the conflagration, but, being unable to subdue the flames, started at once in pursuit of the raiders, who had fled upon Averill's approach. It was re ported that Averill overtook and routed them at M'Connellsburg. About 250 houses and public buildings were destroyed at Chambersburg, in volving a loss of several millions of dollars, and causing great suffering among the inhabitants. Latest advices from General Sherman's army report that on the 27th ult. General Hood made another attack upon Sherman's intrenched position, bat was repulsed with a loss of nearly 1,000 in killed. The Federal loss being a little over 600 in killed an d woun d e d. v Confederate accounts state that on the night of the 24th of July General Sherman attempted to break Hood's lines, but was repulsed by Cheatham after a sharp fight lasting an hour. General Hood has issued an address to his troops elling them that their safety in time of battle eon- slated in getting into close quarters with their enemy, that if the Federale were allowed to con tinue their flanking movements the Confederate cause would be imperilled, but that recent operations had proved that his soldiers had the power to prevent it. The steamer Clara Bell was attacked on the 24th ult. by a Confederate battery near Carrollton Land , ing and entirely destroyed. Richm)nd papers announce the re•eleotion of Governor Vance, in North Carolina. Holden, the peace candidate, receiving but few votes. The Southern papers regard Vance's election as an endorsement by the people of North Carolina of the policy of the Richmond Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 2, P.M. The money market is active, 7 per cent. being the current rate for loans on first-class securities. Government Securities are depressed on account of the war news, but the heavy European orders sustain prices against any serious fall. Registered Sixes of 1881, 105; Coupon do., 104; ; Seven Thir ties, 107; Five Twenties, 107; One Year Certifi ficates, 931. Gold is quiet at 258, and exchange moderately active at 28 for bankers' bills. The Share Market is active. Erie, 1101; New York Central, 1301 ; Hudson River, 1291; Read ing, 137 ; Illinois Central, 138; Michigan Southern, 891; Chicago and Rock Island, 11%; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago, 1161, Flour.—Market quiet. 9 dols. 20c. to 9 doll. 40c. for superfine State and Western ; 9 dole. 80e. to 10 dais. for extra Statc ; 10 dots. 15c. to 10 dol.?. 250. for choice State; 10 clois. 250. to 10 dots. 60c. for SPAIN. The harbour is one of the best in Newfound and. The Great Eastern can anchor within one mile o he landing place. FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 15, The fete yesterday► passed off very successfully. The illuminations were splendid, and the concourse of people immense. The Emperor came to Paris, and was warmly cheered wherever he was recognised. On the occasion of the Emperor's fete a conside% rable promotion has been made in the army. Generals of Brigade, Count de Clerambault, Guiod, and do Castegny have been promoted to the rank of General of Division, and Colonels Saget, De Latnorte Charens Franconiere, Bibourt, Duportal Dagoasmeur, Brayer, Martenot do Cordonne, Pelle, Begougne de Janice, d'Espinassy de Venel, Barrel Danot, Aymard, and de Lascours to that of General of Brigade. The list also contains the names of 18 persons promoted colonels, and 35 lieutenant colonels. Other decrees on the proposition of the Minister of State make 13 promotions to the rank of com mander, 15 to that of officer, and 9 nominations to that of knight—Minister of Justice, two officers and 16 knights—Ministers of War, 12 commanders; 48 officers ; 321 knights—Minister of the Beaux- Arts, ono officer and two knights. On the proposi tion of the Minister of War 530 military medals have been conferred on sub-officers, corporals, and privates in the army; and nn that cf the Minister of Marine, 161 on warrant officers and seamen in the navy. Baron de Waechter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Wurtem berg, had the honour of a private audience of the Emperor on Sunday, at St Cloud, to deliver his new credentials. His Majesty also received a reply from the King of Bavaria to the letters by which the Emperor had put an end to the mission filled by Count de Reculot at Munich. By Imperial decree Rear-Admiral Paris, Director General of the Depot of Naval Charts and Plans, and Rear-Admiral Reynand, Commandant-in-Chief of the Naval .Direction of the Antilles and of North America, have been promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral, and Captains de Dompierre, and Penhoat to that of Rear-Admiral. The Prince of Augustenbarg, it appears, has resolved to defer to the desire of the Diet, relative to the justification of his claim to the succession. Counsellors Samwer, Michelsen, and Haenel have been charged to draw up this memorandum which, at most, can only reproduce the documents and arguments already known. Several journals have stated that the Prince had been requested to leave the country, but advices from Hamburg represent these rumours to be altogether unfounded. BOURSE, Aug. 13.—Market firm, but without any material improvement in the amount of busi- ness. Threes are now at 66f. 45c. Mobilier have slightly improved, having been last done at 1,016 f 25c. Railway Market firm, with but trifling varia fiat in prices. The market closed as follows:- 41 per Cents .. 95 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents D. end month.... 66 45 Credit Mobilier....lol7 50 Do. end m0nth....1016 25 Bank Shares Italian Loan 6B 30 Do. end month 6B 35 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 56 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Dobt Werra TAYS. Cash. Account. 3380 Credit loncier ....1220 Roman ...... .... BAIL Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 882 60 .. 885 --- 982 .. -, 60 98 9 50 __f 922 50 .. 926 25 643 75 .. 642 50 520 - - 491 25 .. 491 25 350 - .. 347 60 427 50 428 7.5 536 25 .. 538 75 440 - .. 438 75 515 - 510 - 235 - 237 50 The French Tribunal of Correctional Police last week tried M, RepoF, the responsible editor, and M, Riquier, the printer, of the journal La Taroisse, for having published a periodical treating of political matters without first ob taining the authorisation of the Government. The article incriminated was on the Pontifical Brief of Lyons, The Tribunal condemned each of the prisoners to a month's imprisonment with 100 f, fine, and ordered that the journal should cease to appear. DEATH OF MISS KATHERINE Sounny,Th e last living link connecting the name of Southey with Keswick has ju3t passed away, more than 60 years having clapEcl since tho late Laureate fixed his residence in the lake metropolis, Miss Katherine Southey, the third and only unmarried daughter of the poet, was born a, Greta• hall, and reached her 54th year on Monday. She had been for some time confined to her room, and died on Friday night of congestion of the brain, at Lairthwaite-cottage, Keswick, where her aunt, Mrs Lovell, expired a few years since. By the death of Miss SouthPy a civil list pension of £lOO per annum reverts to the Crown. She will be buried on Tuesday in Crosthwaite churchyard, under the shade of Skiddaw, where already repose her father and mother, her brother Herbert, the eldest-born, and her sisters E Isabel. E mm a and CARDIGANSIIIRE.—In the event of Col. Powell resigning his seat for this count y—a contingency more than probable —we have authority for stating that Sir Thomas Lloyd, of Bronwydd,will solicit the suffrages of the electors as an independent supporter of Lord Pahnerston's Govern ment. weeCki,tifyTAthLe kPinAchifsEor s T ir la j i o s se d ay and during the ph Faston, the grounds of Itockhill s , adjoining the palace, will be open to the in q)cction of visitors to the palace, between the hours of two bud t);2(0 good shipping Ohio; 10 dols. 75c. to 11 dols. 30c. for common ; and 11 dols. 40c. to 13 dole, for fancy and extra Southern ; 9 dols. 90c. to 10 dole. 20c. for common; and 10 dols. 25c. to 12 dole, for fancy and extra Canadian. Wheat.—Steady. 2 dole 220 to 2 dole 40c for Chicago Spring; 2 dole 253 to 2 dole 410 for Mil. wanksi Club; 2 dole 42c to 2 dole 453 for Ambir Milwanksi ; 2 dole 58c for Winter Red Western ; and 2 dols 600 to 2 dole 620 for Amber Michigan. Pork.—Firm, 35 dole to 36 dole for mess; 40 dole to 40 dole 25c for new ditto; 45 dole for prime; and 37 dole for prime mess, Beef.—Dull. 18 dos to 20 dols for unpacked, and 22 dols to 26 dols for extra mess. Ashes.—Quiet. 13 dols 50c for pots, and 15 dols 250 to 15 dots 50c for pearls. Cotton.—Stcady. 1 dol 630 to 1 dol 64c for maids thing Uplands. Petrolenrn.—Steady. 500 to Olc for refined, and 820 to 83c for refined in bond. SAN SEBASTIAN, AUG. 15, Evening. The inauguration of the Northern and Spanish Railway took place to-day. The King of Spain arrived at San Sebastian at noon. The religions ceremonies having been performed, and the engines having received the benediction, M. Isaac Pereire addressed his Majesty. A banquet followed at which the King presided, having on his right the Minister of Commerce aY.td M. Emile Pereire, and on his left the Minister of the Interior and M. Isaac Pereire. The King was applauded with enthusiasm. No toasts were proposed. The Cabinet of Madrid has ordered Gen. Prim, ex-commander of the Spanish army in Mexico, to leave the capital, and has assigned him a fixed resi dence at Oviedo. This measure has been taken in consequence of the agitation recently prevailing at Madrid, and of the attempts at revolt made on other points, Gen. Prim is of the Progressista party. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE, ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, AUG, 6. Her Majesty's surveying steamer, Margaretta Stephenson, returned hore this morning with Cvru W. Field, Esq , on board. Heart's Content, Trinity Bay, has been selected as a landing place for the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Ovular (runt, HER MAJESTY, oa Lord West has arrived in Grosvenor-street his way to Scotland. Lord Kensington an d f am il y h ave l e ft the gate' Alirabeau, Paris, for Germany. protell Baron A. de R o th sc hild h as l e f t Thom do '— Berkeley -square, for Vienna. Lady William Russell has been indisposed for the past few days. Sir A. and Lady Arabella Bannerman are cruieivg off Cowes, in their beautiful yacht, the Gem. left Colonel F arqu h arson of Invercauld h as Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley -square, for Scotland, GREAT STRIKE OF DOCK WORXIOIII LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY' A number of men, variously estimated at b e tween 0 ' and 1,200, a re thi s morning wanderin , * ' about Rotherluth et and the Giand S urrey an d Commercial Docks, haviegill ; c dulgi.;cl in one of thes e " s t r ik es " w hi c h h ave prove(' A .ormidable in past times in other trades. any On this occasion th e s t r ik e d oes not ar i se o ut of difficulties with regard to time or hours of labour, but ein 3 l 3 '. 7 a question of wages. For some month s p as t th ere seems to have b een a gr evQ n spirit of dissatisf ac ti on amongst the class o f me n wb° are known as deal porters, landing so r ters and Pi lers : A these large establi s h men t s , and as their services ue— been of a very important ; character in the a rduot l . s cution of the business, as well as of a verb nature, many attempts have been made by the authorti ties to conciliate them, but the number an' eu F s , whom the dissatisfaction originally arose has rapidlY creased, until at length it has culminated in the strike: Some of the best of these workmen formerly receive(' about 5s a day, but as business became more pressing the amount of pay was increased until it reached as ranch lu some cases as 7s 10d a day. So large an amount, howeveri was only received during about half the Ye ar ' All °f what may be called the working business of the docks is conducted by contractors, actin ., under the directors, and and cts:) and the large amount of business they undertake prose . have impressed the men with the idea that they we re Ilia i d . ing large fortunes out of their labour, more fully participate in these advantages. The contracto.rsc: however, took a different view of the case, and considering that the wages they allowed were ample, refused IY fur ther increase. The men who have struck seem likely to be thrown into a very deplorable position. At present they are not suffcr . - . ing from and that thoy shout absolute destitution, as in some cases some email portions of their last week's wages are unspent. different state of things, however, will necessarily have arisen at th e end of this week, if they persevere in remaining cut ? f their employment. Th e y h ave no t ra d es un ions of their own, and no funds on which they can draw during 09 strike. It is said that other societies and trades to whew, these men lent aid when they were in a similar position wil l aid them, but such contributions will necessarily be very small. This morning about half a dcnn of the men who at tick have gone into the docks with their tools, and have re' commenced work. They have been received without all remarks being made upon their conduct, and the contractor s have determined on adopting the most conciliatory tons towards all who wish to return. At the same time, th e y have expressed their determination not to yield a single inch, and this morning they have transferred men from other departments to do the work which the men out on strike have loft unperformed. There are foreign workmen, too, whom the contractors will be compelled to put on, as the business of the docks is just now very heavy. The police report that no disturbances have yet taken place, and that the men seem disposed to be quiet. A strong force of police, however, is scattered about in the event of any violent measures being adopted. There seems to be no doubt that the strike will prove a great drawback to the business of the docks for some lime,.: but that difficulty the contractors express themselve s p re " pared to meet at whatever cost. READING ALOUD.—There is no position in which civilised man can possibly feel less complacent Vasa when he undertakes to read his own effusions aloud before a literary censor. In giving readings in public, he is com paratively at ease, since by their very presence the audience tacitly confess their inferiority - , and he knows that he would not return the compliment by listening to one of thorn on any account whatever. But when a critical individual has the right of saying: "I don't quite follow you there;" or "I doubt whether that scene bo not somewhat coarse;" or (heavens and earth!), "Excuse me, but do you not think that that last chapter was just little tedious ?" I say that, under such circumstances, there is no man more to be pitied .than the sucking author. Only imagine if the critical person should be drowsy, and the unhappy reader be compelled to resort to unworthy devices to recall him to a Sense of situation—such as dropping the manuscript with a gre et deal of noise and fluttering ; inquiring with anxiety as 1° whether the wretch found himself quite comfortable; °I. even remarking with meaning : "Be so good , Mr Critic, a?, to give me your best attention during the ensuing episode. t Can any position be more humiliating ? Can self-res Pee be destroyed by any more appalling method ? No; not at least within the limits of probability. I aswer: perhaps, a parallel situation may be found in some wild effn - t of the imagination, such as the being appointed ail ?' roup, when the depreciatory remarks of very 0 0 0 tioneer while our infants are being disposed of by ema il bidder° JL t want a ec l wa ell might perhaps produce an equal pain. A tragedian his before u oer p ne a t In a a g manager—apostrophisingm audience lmis engagement, fi t d g not uttering his own sentiments, the self-chesen langual of his own heart, each carefully-coined and well -Weigh' word of which is dear to him. One's proposal of marriage' `o some beautiful and accomplished young female, is Per - You Lut y° lovtitnrogyni ean, gParn dvoar t ke. specimen of his that 33120 aiet.e,iterArileretathrts°threll,:ailasocl haps as embarrassing: but then it is soon over• not to plead for a couple of hours or so, while Y" r I°ll° makes no sign, either one way or the other, but eng,ge."; crit i c OIL do. In particular, it with is impossible to , herself indierently, a toothpick as your The chari.otr. rea d one's poetry to any advantage under such circumstances. From Married Beneath Hi m , in Chambers' forth. wheels jar in the gate throu g h which,we drive theol KILLED BY A WAGGON.—Last evening Mr. tbe Richards, the deputy coroner, held an iliquest at it London Hospital as to the death of a woman unknOm appeared by the evidence that on Thu rsda y morning laNt the deceased was s t a nding at the corne r of Great Garden" street, Whitechapel, in a state of i ntoxication, holding her self up by leaning against a po st, when a waggon laden with several h og sheads of sugar touched her dress ; she fell into th e carr i age way, and befo re the driver had time to stop her body and arms, whic h the horses the wheels pa ssed over s journal. a. were fearfully crushed. She was removed to the hospi nl, where she died from severe internal injuries. Tho driveacer was driving with reins and was going at a walking p. After the evidence of the house-surgeon the jury retur ned a verdict of "Accidental death." THE DRoVOIIT AT THE IRON AND COAL WORK:S. —The scarcity of water is so great at the iron, tinplate, an a and ccal works of South Wales, that at many establish ments the principal departments are at a complete stand-. still. Hundreds of hands are in consequence thrown 0 1 .' of e mploy, and both masters and men are suffering by t" drought. The rain that fell last week brought a supply 0f water for a day or two, but the reappearance of the scorch ing hot weather has caused a seound drought, almost severer than the one a fortnight ago. As inst ances of the great loss to trad e f rom wan t of water, it may be mentioned that at several wor k s th e ma k e of iron and tin - pl ates for mentioned last six weeks could have been turned out in one wee k, with an ample supply of water. Even the canals are 80 short of water that the boats are unable to accomplish theit journeys wit hin the usual time. COMPENSATION FROM A RAILWAY COMPANY..' ever ely We understand that Mr. Hodgson, who was so s injured by the aecidint which occurred on the Peeblestl: e near Penicuick, at the back end of las t year, haseffected Company, compromise with the North British Railvray ,es ttna who undertake to pay him £l,OOO in lieu of dere9b ci.peuEes,—,Fee(Vo:e/gire AiTertieer. OSBORNE, August 15 . The Queen and Royal family walked in the grounds this morning. Earl Russell has left Osborne. Hie Royal Higbneris the Dake of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, the Ilan. Col, Curzon, and a lady in waiting, arrived in Aberdeen on Saturday by the limited mail train at 12 30 p.m. ; and after taking lun cheon in the Douglas Hotel, and visiting various parts of the city, the party left by the Deeside train at 2 30 p.m. for Aboyne, on their way, it is understood, to Abergeldie, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. His Excellency the Danish Minister, M. de Bine, is expected to leave town, to-day or to-morrow, for Denmark. It is said his exce ll ency w ill return to thi s country w i t hin a few weeks is order to marry Miss Domville. The Duke of Lj.cster leaves town in a day or two for Carton Howe, Maynooth. The Marquis Conyngham has left Cowes, Isle of Wight, in his yacht, for Ireland. The Earl and Countess of &afield We left Castle Grant, for hi s l or d s hi p ' s s h oo ti ng b ox at Baloarro u r where a select p ar t y i s a b ou t to meet the no bl e ear l, The Countess of Li s t ovve l h as arr ived at th e Clarendon Hotel from th e C on ti nen t . The Earl and C oun t ess o f E g li n t on will enter.. fain a select p ar t y at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, dur in g the present m on th. The co u nt d e Blome h as l e f t the Cl aren don Rote l for Paris. TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1864 I